Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob Explained

Abdulhussein Zarrinkoub Persian: عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب
Birth Date:	21 March 1923
Birth Place:	Borujerd, Persia
Death Place:	Tehran, Iran
Known For:	scholar of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history
Nationality:	Iranian

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (Luri/Persian: Persian: عبدالحسین زرین‌کوب, also Romanized as Zarrinkoob, Zarrinkub, in Persian pronounced as /æbdolhoˈsejn zæɾ[ɾ]iːnˈkuːb/) (March 21, 1923^[1] – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history.

He was born in Borujerd, Iran, received his PhD from Tehran University in 1955 under the supervision of Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, and held faculty positions at universities such as Oxford University, Sorbonne and Princeton University.^[2]

Research works

Some of his works in English are:

• The Arab Conquest of Iran and its aftermath: in Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 4, London, 1975.
• "Sufism in its historical perspective", Iranian studies III, 1970, p. 137-220
• Nizami, a Lifelong Quest for a Utopia, 1977, Rome.

Literary criticism and comparative literature

Zarrinkoob wrote a book called "Naqd-e Adabi" (Persian: نقد ادبی, "Literary Criticism") covering comparative literature and Persian literary criticism.

Rumi and Erfan

Zarrinkoub also wrote about the Persian poet Molana Jalaleddin Balkhi (Rumi) and his works. Zarrinkoub's "Serr-e Ney" (Persian: سرّ نی, "Secret of the Reed"), "Pelleh-Pelleh ta Molaqat-e Khuda" (Persian: پله‌پله تا ملاقات خدا, "Step by Step until Visiting God") and "Bahr dar Koozeh" (Persian: بحر در کوزه, "Sea in a Jug") are critiques and comparative analyses of Rumi's Masnavi.

Zarrinkoub's research works on Hafez and Persian mysticism resulted in several books including "Az Kuche-ye Rendan" (Persian: از کوچهٔ رندان) and "Arzesh-e Miras-e Sufiyeh" (Persian: ارزش میراث صوفیه).

History of Persia

Zarrinkoub wrote "Two Centuries of Silence" (Persian: دو قرن سکوت)^[3] on Islamic history and Ruzegaran (Persian: روزگاران) (The Ages) (Iran's history from the beginning to the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty),^[4] which covers the 3,000-year history of Iran since the Aryans migrated to the Iranian plateau.

See also

• Persian literature
• Iranology
• Intellectual Movements in Iran

References

1. Web site: بخارا :: مجلۀ فرهنگى و هنرى .
2. http://theprince.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/princeton?a=d&d=Princetonian19691008-01. 2. 18&cl=search&srpos=20&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-Logical-50--1-byTY-on--summer-ILLUSTRATION---1969 A. H. Zarrinkoub, visiting professor from the University of Tehran, will give the first of a series of weekly lectures on Persian Mystical Literature in its Historical Context.
3. Book: Abdolhossein Zarinkoob

   . ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb. Abdolhossein Zarinkoob. Dū qarn sukūt: sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān. Sukhan. 2000. 46632917 . .

4. Book: ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb . Elm Pub. . Tehran, Iran . 13th ed. 1391 . 2012 . 978-964-6961-11-1 . Ruzgaran: Tarikh-i Iran az aghaz ta suqut-i saltanat-i Pahlavi .

External links

• Iranian Researcher - Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
• ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Zarrīnʹkūb (1379 (2000)). Dū qarn sukūt: sarguz̲asht-i ḥavādis̲ va awz̤āʻ-i tārīkhī dar dū qarn-i avval-i Islām (Two Centuries of Silence). Tihrān: Sukhan., .